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2006-10-26 Afghanistan
Finnish troops in Afghanistan: Wounded soldier got in line of fire
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Posted by mrp 2006-10-26 10:52|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Gawd - there must be a special mindset required to read an article like this and not die from major boggle displacement.

"The situation in the area where the Finnish peacekeepers operate is so close to a state of war that situations in which a soldier has to use a weapon are far from impossible. Threatening situations occur every week."

In Afghanistan. Who'da thunk it?

Now I gotta take my boggle in, again, for a complete overhaul.
Posted by .com 2006-10-26 11:07||   2006-10-26 11:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Get the heavy duty upgrade, .com. It's worth the extra cost. Mine has gone for 2 months in an election year and is working fine since I had the upgrade done.

Unfortunately!! LOL
Posted by lotp 2006-10-26 11:19||   2006-10-26 11:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Is that Boggle 2.0?

I've heard about it, but it seems so pricey, lol, and installations are always problematic...
Posted by .com 2006-10-26 11:23||   2006-10-26 11:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Take it to a competant local mechanic. Done in an hour, if s/he is any good.
Posted by lotp 2006-10-26 11:24||   2006-10-26 11:24|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought Boggle had been bought by Google
Posted by johnnycanuck">johnnycanuck  2006-10-26 11:33||   2006-10-26 11:33|| Front Page Top

#6 nah, this is the hardware version. ;-)
Posted by lotp 2006-10-26 11:35||   2006-10-26 11:35|| Front Page Top

#7 These springs aren't supposed to be sticking out like that, are they?
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-10-26 11:46||   2006-10-26 11:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Lol. It's the stray loose wires that really concern me...
Posted by .com 2006-10-26 11:55||   2006-10-26 11:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Do not, under any circumstances, open it up and let the blue smoke out!
Posted by GORT 2006-10-26 12:08||   2006-10-26 12:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Are these Finns related to the ones who fought the Soviets to a standoff in WW II?

Also, it can't be a 'peace keeping' force unless there is peace to keep in the first place - and when was the last time Afghanistan had real peace?
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2006-10-26 12:48||   2006-10-26 12:48|| Front Page Top

#11 .com, Sea -- don't worry about the loose wires. Just be careful not to mix up the red and green ones when you hook it up.
Posted by lotp 2006-10-26 12:51||   2006-10-26 12:51|| Front Page Top

#12 When the Buddhists carved the statues?
Posted by .com 2006-10-26 12:52||   2006-10-26 12:52|| Front Page Top

#13 Oh, and the springs are okay but don't let the big one get caught on things.

Bogles ... can be a bother, true nuff.
Posted by lotp 2006-10-26 12:52||   2006-10-26 12:52|| Front Page Top

#14 We're posting at pross curposes!

Trainwreck!
Posted by .com 2006-10-26 12:56||   2006-10-26 12:56|| Front Page Top

#15 I really hate these technical engineering discussions.
Posted by Matt 2006-10-26 13:25||   2006-10-26 13:25|| Front Page Top

#16 Just so long as we don't get into liability lawsuit discussions, Matt. ;-)
Posted by lotp 2006-10-26 13:29||   2006-10-26 13:29|| Front Page Top

#17 Touche, Robin.

Maybe I can get a copy of "Boggles for Dummies."
Posted by Matt 2006-10-26 14:05||   2006-10-26 14:05|| Front Page Top

#18 Here .com, let me take a look at that. Apparently I know what I'm doing.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-26 16:32||   2006-10-26 16:32|| Front Page Top

#19 Lol - I'd agree you do, in fact. ;-)
Posted by .com 2006-10-26 16:39||   2006-10-26 16:39|| Front Page Top

#20 tomorrow's discussion: antigravity and it's importance in suspended disbelief
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-10-26 16:43||   2006-10-26 16:43|| Front Page Top

#21 Yikes. There went another spring.
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2006-10-26 17:01||   2006-10-26 17:01|| Front Page Top

#22 Well shoot, Frank G, I can handle that one: you just make a lens that focusses the antigravity waves so that they offset the gravity waves at a single point, and voila!
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-26 17:42||   2006-10-26 17:42|| Front Page Top

#23 tomorrow's discussion: antigravity and it's importance in suspended disbelief

I'm sure that'll be uplifting.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-10-26 18:41||   2006-10-26 18:41|| Front Page Top

#24  I can handle that one: you just make a lens that focusses the antigravity waves so that they offset the gravity waves at a single point, and voila!

Whoa... Rantburg's very own Hedy Lamarr - and better lookin' too.
Posted by mrp 2006-10-26 18:48||   2006-10-26 18:48|| Front Page Top

#25 I think I'll pull a Robert A. Heinlein, mrp, and donate the idea to the common weal. It can even replace the waterbed, after all.

(Just remember, darling, you're thinking of the image in Rantburg, the Movie. She's a lot taller, for one thing. ;-> )
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-26 19:20||   2006-10-26 19:20|| Front Page Top

#26  Just remember, darling, you're thinking of the image in Rantburg, the Movie

Actually, I was thinking of Cyd Charisse, but Audrey Hepburn ain't a problem, either.
Posted by mrp 2006-10-26 19:42||   2006-10-26 19:42|| Front Page Top

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